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Writing to Market - Is It For You?

When you break it down, there are two basic reasons we choose to write. Either we write because we love it, or we write because we want...

A WRITER’S NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS (Making the Most of Every Win)

A Writer's New Year's Resolutions. Make the Most of Every Win! Stop beating yourself up and celebrate every step forward.

CASHING IN ON THE NANOWRIMO SIDE EFFECTS (Or The NaNoWriMo Benefits and Possible Fallout)

NaNoWriMo Benefits and Fallout. Meeting those writing deadlines and succeeding.

Is Your Beta Reader a Superhero or Soul Sucker?

Finding the right beta reader can often be as difficult as finding that minuscule sliver of glass embedded under your skin and just as...

Weave a Story Your Readers Will Love With Killer Narration.

Barbie cannot live on her perfect body alone. She needs fashionable clothes; a big house; a car with room to haul all of her friends around;

IS HEAD-HOPPING REALLY SO AWFUL?

Have you ever been told your head-hopping is a problem, and you just can’t understand why? You like the way your prose reads and don’t...

HOW LONG SHOULD YOUR BOOK BE?

Quite simply put, your story should be as long as it needs to be. In other words, just because your brother told you he loved your short sto

Create a Fictional Character your Readers Will Want to Spend Time With

I want you to think in terms of a movie and the actors who play in them (we all see a movie every now and then, even if it’s from the

Getting Back to Basics - Fact vs. Fiction

Fact: A thing that is indisputably the case. Fiction: Literature in the form of prose, especially short stories and novels, that descri

Want to Improve Your Writing Skills?

I know you’ve heard this a hundred times before, but if you want to be really good at your craft, all you have to do is READ, READ, READ, an

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